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can the world wars truly be called world wars

the participants of both the wars were only a handful of nations. yes, they were probably the most powerful and influential nations in the world at that time but how can you justify saying its a 'world war' when most of the world wasnt involved in conflict? no country outside of europe, and only a minority of europe was actively engaged in conflict, except america and japan, which didnt play a huge role, fought in the first world war. the second world war was arguably a bigger deal but it consisted of more or less the same band of belligerent nations. the rest of north america didnt care. the rest of asia didnt care. the whole of south america, africa and oceania didnt care. it seems highly egotistical to term a war based around a single continent with primarily western participants a 'world war'.

a lot of those countries like canada, australia, india were colonies of the countries that participated in the war and therefore had no choice but to provide aid to whichever countries were colonising them. i consider canada's providing resources less of a canadian thing and more of a british thing. regardless, even if you count all those countries which were involved in the war in the slightest, you still leave a majority of the world which did not participate.

but again most of those countries were only involved because of coercion or colonisation. i suppose the aptness of the 'world war' moniker depends on whether you consider that indirect involvement makes the nation itself a participant.

Well, I open my eyes and I see things. I've seen spirits moving through the walls. I've seen a vortex coming through the wall. I've seen amorphous little balls of light bouncing all around in the front yard through the window. I've seen giant bugs on the floor. I was in a hotel room in Amarillo, Texas, and all I remember is standing on the bed and seeing the whole wall in front of me filled with lights that were [makes popping sound] popping like popcorn out of the wall. Then I'll wake up and I go "Wow, I was standing on my bed and staring at this wall."

the participants of both the wars were only a handful of nations. yes, they were probably the most powerful and influential nations in the world at that time but how can you justify saying its a 'world war' when most of the world wasnt involved in conflict? no country outside of europe, and only a minority of europe was actively engaged in conflict, except america and japan, which didnt play a huge role, fought in the first world war. the second world war was arguably a bigger deal but it consisted of more or less the same band of belligerent nations. the rest of north america didnt care. the rest of asia didnt care. the whole of south america, africa and oceania didnt care. it seems highly egotistical to term a war based around a single continent with primarily western participants a 'world war'.

Virtually every European country participated in WW2, alongside Canada, Britain, New Zealand, Australia, Burma, the Philippines, China, The United States, Japan, Russia, Iraq, Thailand, Korea, Haiti, India, Pakistan and Bangladesh (As British India) and loads more countries were involved in one way or another with the War.

We rarely even call the first world war a world war here, we call it the Great War.

a lot of those countries like canada, australia, india were colonies of the countries that participated in the war and therefore had no choice but to provide aid to whichever countries were colonising them. i consider canada's providing resources less of a canadian thing and more of a british thing. regardless, even if you count all those countries which were involved in the war in the slightest, you still leave a majority of the world which did not participate.

Canada wasn't a British territory, it was a country that optionally aided Britain and declared war on Germany and Italy independently. The Canadians sent hundreds of thousands of troops to the front lines in the two world wars and took a beach on D-Day alone.

labels dont have to be entirely literal rayne. why the fuck do we call "universal studios" when they are only 1 production studio, and have no control of outside studios beyond competition, or even non-earthly production studios not yet discovered?

labels dont have to be entirely literal rayne. why the fuck do we call "universal studios" when they are only 1 production studio, and have no control of outside studios beyond competition, or even non-earthly production studios not yet discovered?